Pathfinders (Seventh-day Adventist)

This article is about the Seventh-day Adventist youth organization. For other uses, see Pathfinder (disambiguation).

Pathfinder Club
Formation1950
TypeAdventist youth organization
Key people
James Brown
WebsitePathfinder Site: clubministries.org
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Pathfinder Camp Area: Lake Whitney Ranch, Texas
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The Pathfinder Club, or simply Pathfinders, is a department of the Seventh-day Adventist Church (SDA), which works specifically with the cultural, social and religious education of children and teens. Children 10 years and older are eligible to become members of the club.[1][2][3]

Though similar in many respects to Scouting,[4][5] Pathfinders have a stronger religious emphasis.[6][7] The Pathfinder Club has been an official component of the SDA church's youth ministry since 1950.

Local Seventh-day Adventist Churches would have Pathfinder Clubs with local club members and leaders. Some areas would have Area Coordinators who oversees several clubs in a specified area. Then there will be Pathfinder Directors (or Youth Directors in areas where Pathfinder Ministry falls under Youth Department), at the Field/Conference level, Mission/Union level, Division level and at the General Conference.[8] The current director of the program at the General Conference is Andrés J. Peralta.[9]

An estimated 38% of Adventist youth under the age of 18 "Are members of Pathfinders or a similar church-sponsored youth group", according to a 2002 worldwide survey of local church leaders.[10]

  1. ^ "Pathfinder Club Structure & Organization". Archived from the original on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 21 April 2009.
  2. ^ Administrador recebe apoio dos Desbravadores Archived 19 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine - Portal Núcleo Bandeirante do Governo do Distrito Federal
  3. ^ Quarenta crianças do Clube dos Desbravadores recebem informações do Doador do Futuro - Agência Sergipe de Notícias
  4. ^ Bitarães, Débora Ferreira de Sales Silva (2019). Relação jovem e natureza : o desenvolvimento de jovens desbravadores pelo gosto da natureza (PDF). Brasília: University of Brasília.
  5. ^ Clube de Desbravadores realiza caminhada de 13 km Archived 18 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine - O Popular do Paraná
  6. ^ 'Escoteiros’ da cidadania Archived 29 November 2014 at the Wayback Machine - São Gonçalo Online
  7. ^ Faculdade promove campanha de doação de sangue - Jornal Bahia Online
  8. ^ https://www.gcyouthministries.org/ministries/pathfinders/structure-organization/
  9. ^ "Adventist Church Appoints Director for Junior Youth, Pathfinders". Adventist Review Online. 29 January 2018. Archived from the original on 1 February 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
  10. ^ "Three Strategic Issues: A World Survey Archived 2 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine". General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, 2002. See question 63